trumped-up story
Example Sentences
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Do you come to me with your trumped-up story?
From Man and Wife by Collins, Wilkie
Brought me here on a trumped-up story of relationship with the Bishop of Benares, to insult me!
From The Servant in the House by Kennedy, Charles Rann
All this time the chauffeur was keeping Jennings busy over the telephone with some trumped-up story.
From The Exploits of Elaine by Reeve, Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin)
"I confess that the affair looks to me like a trumped-up story."
From Down The River Buck Bradford and His Tyrants by Optic, Oliver
The people, ready to believe almost anything for the sake of Chios, accepted this trumped-up story, saying: 'After all, it was a love affair, and Chios was not the man to reveal the lady's name.'
From Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus by Short, Richard
